Environmental Law & Policy Alert – Update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

April 1, 2026

Capturing the Storm: AB 2026 and Codifying Flood Managed Aquifer Recharge

AB 2026 is a California Assembly bill recently introduced by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, referred on March 23, 2026, to the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife. Although the bill is only about 25 percent of its way through the legislative process, it represents an early but consequential attempt to reduce legal and procedural barriers that limit when and how local water agencies can divert high-flows for groundwater recharge, with direct implications for Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) compliance and flood response planning … Read More

Written by Emily J. Lovell